Bradford L. Hewitt

Chief Executive Officer

Brad Hewitt serves as chief executive officer of Thrivent Financial, the country's largest fraternal benefit society. A Fortune 500 organization, Thrivent is leading a nationwide movement of Christians and their communities to be wise with money and live generously. It is one of the 10 largest mutual companies in the U.S., serves more than 2.3 million members nationwide and manages more than $100 billion in assets.

Randy Boushek

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Randy Boushek oversees all corporate financial services at Thrivent Financial, including the accounting, tax and actuarial functions. Randy joined the organization in 1981 as an associate actuary. After holding a variety of positions in the organization, he was named senior vice president and chief investment officer in 1999. He became senior vice president and treasurer in 2002 and was appointed to
his current position in 2004
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Paul R. Johnston

General Counsel & Secretary

Paul Johnston is general counsel and secretary of Thrivent Financial. In this role, Johnston leads more than 200 professionals in the society's legal, compliance, corporate governance, privacy, corporate security, business resilience and organizational training functions. He previously served as a vice president and deputy general counsel at Thrivent.

Christopher Kopka

President, Thrivent Church Solutions Group

Christopher Kopka is president of Thrivent Church Solutions Group. In this role, Kopka leads Thrivent's church-related businesses and functions, which presently reach over 30,000 churches through products and services provided by Thrivent and partner organizations. He is also the senior vice president for Mergers, Acquisitions & Strategic Partnerships.

Mary Nease

Prior to joining Thrivent in 2016, Nease was senior vice president and chief audience development officer at American Public Media, where she was responsible for growing audience and membership. She has experience managing multiple functions, including human resources, corporate communications, marketing, audience research and live events. In her role as vice president of corporate human resources at Travelers, Nease worked closely on the cultural integration of Travelers and St. Paul Companies during their merger. Similarly, she led field integration at Piper Jaffray during its merger with
US Bank Corp.

Teresa J. Rasmussen

President, Thrivent Financial

Teresa J. Rasmussen is president of Thrivent Financial's core fraternal business unit. She is responsible for the organization's focus on delivering strong membership and sales results that guide people to be wise with money and live generously. Prior to this appointment, Rasmussen served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, where she led more than 230 professionals in the corporate risk management and external affairs departments.

David S. Royal

Chief Investment Officer

David Royal oversees all investments at Thrivent Financial, including mutual funds, variable products and the general account. His responsibilities include president of Thrivent Asset Management, and president and trustee/director of the Thrivent Mutual Funds and the Thrivent Series Funds.

Susan Oberman Smith

Chief Actuary

Susan Oberman Smith serves as chief actuary and vice president of Product Development and Management for Thrivent Financial. In this role, she manages the design, development and inforce management of all products, is responsible for value-added reporting and performance analysis, and provides actuarial oversight and review of financial decisions.

James A. Thomsen

President, Thrivent Holdings

As president of Thrivent Holdings, Jim Thomson provides strategic direction and leadership to Thrivent's subsidiaries and affiliates including Thrivent Mutual Funds, Thrivent Federal Credit Union, cuLearn, Thrivent Student Resources, brightpeak financial, Thrivent Independent, Thrivent Trust Company, Ronald Blue Trust, Newman Long Term Care, and the InFaith Community Foundation. These independent entities share Thrivent's mission of helping more Christians be wise with money and live generously. In this role, Thomsen is also responsible for business acquisition and the development of ventures to further serve Christian communities.

Brad Hewitt

Board Member and CEO

Brad joined Thrivent in 2003. In November 2008, he was promoted to COO, and in 2010 was named president and CEO. He currently serves as a member of the Executive committee of the Thrivent Financial Board. Brad serves on several boards, including Habitat for Humanity the International cooperative and mutual fund insurance federation and the Ron Blue Institute.

N. Cornell Boggs III

Board Member

Cornell Boggs III has been a member of the Thrivent Financial Board of Directors since December 2013. He is as a member of the Human Resource & Governance and the Thrivent Holdings Committees. Boggs currently serves as executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary for Toys "R" Us, Inc., leading its global legal and legislative affairs functions.

Kenneth A. Carow

Board Member

Ken Carow of Greenwood, Indiana, was elected to Thrivent Financial's Board of Directors in February 2013. He serves on the audit and the Thrivent Financial Committees. Ken is a professor of finance and currently serves as the executive associate dean of faculty and research at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business Indianapolis (KSBI).

Lynn Crump-Caine

Board Member

Lynn Crump-Caine of Atlanta, Georgia, has been a member of the Thrivent Financial Board of Directors since August 2016. She serves on the Finance and Thrivent Financial FBS committees of the board. Crump-Caine spent 30 years of her career at McDonald's Corporation, where she served as executive vice president of worldwide operations.

Eric J. Draut

Board Member

Eric was elected to the board of directors effective February 2015. He serves as a member of the Audit and Thrivent Financial FBS Committees. Eric most recently served as executive vice president and CFO for Unitrin (now Kemper Corporation), a financial services holding company, and then executive chairman of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois.

Kirk Farney

Board Member

Kirk Farney, Hinsdale, Illinois, was appointed to the Thrivent Financial Board of Directors in August 2011. He serves on the Executive and Finance Committees and serves as chair for the Thrivent Holdings Committee of the board.

Mark A. Jeske

Board Member

Mark was appointed to the board in May 2011. He serves on the Human Resource and Governance and Thrivent Church Solutions committees. Since 1980, Mark has served as senior pastor of St. Marcus Lutheran Church in Milwaukee.

Frederick G. Kraegel

Board Member

Fred has been a board member since August 2008. He serves as chair of the Finance Committee and as a member of the Executive and Thrivent Holdings Committees. He currently serves as a managing director with Parham Partners LLC, a financial advisory firm.

F. Mark Kuhlmann

Board Member

Mark has been a member of the board since February 2006. He serves as chair of the Human Resource and Governance Committee and a member of the Executive and Thrivent Holdings Committees. Mark most recently served as legal counsel for Systems Service Enterprises, Inc., an information technology service business based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Kathryn V. Marinello

Board Member

Kathryn has been a member of the Thrivent Financial Board of Directors since August 2014. She serves as chair for the Thrivent Financial FBS committee and serves as a member of the Executive and Finance committees. She is currently the president and chief executive officer of Hertz Global. Kathryn also serves on the boards of Hertz and AB Volvo.

Bonnie E. Raquet

Board Member

Bonnie has been a board member since 2010. She currently serves as chair of the Thrivent Church Solutions Committee and is a member of the Executive and Human Resource and Governance Committees. Prior to her retirement in 2011, Bonnie served as Cargill's corporate vice president, corporate affairs.

Alice M. Richter

Board Member

Alice has been a member of the board since May 2007. She serves as the chair of the Audit Committee and serves as a member of the Executive and Thrivent Church Solutions Committees. Alice, a retired certified public accountant, spent her entire career with KPMG LLP, a global financial and accounting services firm.

The corporate secretary will collect the letters and forward them to the chair of the board or to a specific director if named.*
Letters on the following topics will be forwarded as indicated:

A complaint relating to a specific product or contract – referred to Member Relations.

A complaint relating to accounting matters – referred to the chair of the Audit Committee.

* Thrivent will initially receive and process communications before forwarding them to the addressee. Communications may also be referred
to other departments within Thrivent if applicable. We generally will not forward to the board any communication that is primarily commercial
in nature, that relates to an improper or irrelevant topic or that requests general information about Thrivent.

Insurance products issued or offered by Thrivent Financial, the marketing name for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Appleton, WI. Not all products are available in all states. Products issued by Thrivent Financial are available to applicants who meet membership, insurability, U.S. citizenship and residency requirements. Securities and investment advisory services are offered through Thrivent Investment Management Inc., 625 Fourth Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55415, a FINRA and SIPC member and a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent. Thrivent Financial representatives are registered representatives of Thrivent Investment Management Inc. They are also licensed insurance agents/producers of Thrivent. Fee-based investment advisory services are available through qualified investment advisor representatives only.

Trust and investment management accounts and services offered by Thrivent Trust Company are not insured by the FDIC or any other federal government agency, are not deposits or other obligations of, nor guaranteed by Thrivent Trust Company or its affiliates, and are subject to investment risk, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.

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